Figure wheeled toy



' Aug. 21, 1928.

L. HIGGINS FIGURE WHEELED-TOY Filed Jan. 1927 nnnnnnl l 61mm a; o

Patented Aug. 21,1928.

UNITED STATES? A BERT L. HIGGINS, or BAR iisnnoa, MAINE."

FIGURE 7 WHEELED roY;

Application flled 'lanuary 7, 1927. 531211116. 159,648.

This invention relates to a figure wheeled toy, one of the objects beingto provide a toy the bottom portion 'of which supportsmem. bers mountedfor lateral swinging, means being provided for setting up lateraltiltingof the toy so that as it moves forwardly the swinging memberswillnbe oscillated flat- 7 erally.

I tilting of the structure as it moves forward.

view which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides-1n the 'com- With theforegoing and other objects in bination andarrangement .of parts and ih th'edetails of construction: hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made withinthescopeof what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe'invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown. In said drawings, l V Figure 1 is a side elevation of afigure toy embodyingthe present improvements,

portions being broken away and the axle be ing shown in section. a t

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of a portion of the toy.

Figure l is a plan view on areduced scale of a portion of a modifiedform of toy.

Referring to the figures by characters'of reference 1 designates a'blockconstituting the body of the toy, the same being provided along itslower surface with a central longitudinal strip 2 in which is j ournaledan axle 3, this axle beifig located adjacent the rear end of the strip2. To the ends of the axle are secured eccentric wheels 4, the longradius of one wheel being extended oppositely to the long radius of theother wheel. Thus as the toy is pulled forwardly the two Wheels willcooperate to tilt the body'l laterally from one side to the other.Spacing sleeves 5 or the like can be mounted on the axle between thestrip 2 and the wheels. 1 Or, if preferred, the axle can be reduced'indiameter atthe center where it is j ournaled in the strip 2.

The front end portion of thetoy can be supported in any suitablevmanner. For example a. narrow. strip 6 can bexsecuredalong thecenter ofthe front portion of the strip 2 so as to constitute a runner forgliding over the supporting surface. A vcord used for pulling the toycanvbe attached to the front end of the strip2r Such a cord has been indicated at 7. 1 a I Various movable devices can be mounted on the blocklf for simulating different ar- PATENT OFFICE; z

ticles. In the structure illustrated the toy represents a boatv having.a sail anda' crew.

The sailis formed of a separate member .8,

preferably a thin pieceof wood, and alnail 9iis driven intothe loweredge of the member near the front thereof. This nail is also extendedthrough a sleeve 10 which is seat ed in a bore '11 extending through theblock 1 and the strip 2. Thehead 12 of the nail is located under thelower end ofthe sleeve 11 and is supportedby the head of a tack 13 whichis driven into thestrip 6, this stripserving to close the lower end ofthe bore 11. Byproviding abearing such as described the member 8 canswing freely from one sideto' the other and this swinging movement canbe limited by stop pegs -14 shaped as shown in Figure 1, other shapescan be employed. For example two or more cut-outs simulating sails,ducks, or the like, can be mounted on the block. In Figure 4 has beenshown a block 19 corresponding with the block 1 on which three sails 20,

21 and 22 are mounted to swing about the pivots 23 consisting of nailsdriven upwardly into the members 20,21 and 22 and rotatable freely inthe block 19 as illustrated in Figure 1. The member 20 extends betweenthe memof course limited by stops 24. As the toy is moved forwardly themembers will swing toward one side, as indicated by full lines 7 andtoward the other side as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4, a noisebeing pro-, duced at the completlon of each swinging movement by theviolent contact oflthe members with each other.

The structure shown in Figure 4 isof.

course provided with eccentricwheels such as shown in connection withthedevice illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and the bearings for theoscillating members are also the same as those in Figurel. -As the frontend of the runner (3 contacts with the smooth supporting surface, itwillbe seen that the toy can be pulled by a flexible cord. The point ofcontact between the runner! and the I supporting surface constitutes thefulcrum on which'thevtoy will be rocked as itmoves forwardly, thisrocking action being set up by the eccentric wheels a." As the boat isrocked, thereby simulating the motion of a small boat at sea, themovable members carried by the block 1 will swing laterally and comeagainst stops in the vpaths thereof,

thereby producing a noise whichrenders the toy especially attractive tosmall children. In the modified structure shown inFigure 4: a clappingnoise will be produced by the'sails striking against the members 21 and2:2 and by these lattermembers striking against stops in the pathsthereof. i What is claimed is p v 1. A figure wheeled toy including abody, a runner at the frontend thereof for sliding contact with asupporting surface, a pull cord connected to the front end of the body,

oppositely mounted eccentric wheels support m m ans, when rotated, forimparting a tilting movement to the body in alldirections, said body,when tilted, moving about the point of contact between the runner andthe supporting surface, members supported by the body and mountedtoswing freely about an axis'extending upwardly from the body, said body,when tilted by the wheels, constituting the rear end of the bodyconstituting means for oscillating the 'members, and

of contact between the; runner and the sup- :1

porting surface,-members supported by the body and mounted to swingfreely about an axis extending upwardly from the body,said body,,whentilted by the wheels, constituting means for oscillating the members,and means on the body cooperating'with the members for limitingthe'movement of the member's andproducing a noise, one of. said membersdepending between the other members.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing :2

as 'my own, :I

have hereto aflixed my signature.

' ALBERT L. HIGGINS.

